Creamy Pasta Salad
Creamy Pasta Salad

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, creamy pasta salad. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook creamy pasta salad using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Pasta Salad:
  1. Take Pasta Salad :
  2. Take 1/3 cup elbow pasta, uncooked
  3. Take 1/4 cup peas (I use frozen)
  4. Get 1 small carrot, peeled and shredded
  5. Take 1 small chicken breast, grilled and diced
  6. Make ready 1 tbsp. freshly shredded white cheddar cheese
  7. Take Dressing :
  8. Make ready 1 tbsp. mayo
  9. Get 1 tbsp. sour cream
  10. Get 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar
  11. Get 1 tsp. honey
  12. Make ready To taste salt and pepper, garlic powder

This creamy pasta salad recipe with peas, ham and mushrooms is lower in calories and fat compared to a classic pasta salad. Using whole-wheat pasta and loading it with plenty of vegetables makes it as nutritious as it is delicious. If you have fresh-shelled peas on hand, use those instead of frozen peas. Cook pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water according to package instructions.

Steps to make Creamy Pasta Salad:
  1. In a smalk bowl, whisk together the mayo, sour cream, apple cider vinegar, honey and salt and pepper and garlic powder to taste. Set this aside.
  2. Cook the pasta according to the package directions to al dente. In the last two minutes of cook time, stir in the peas.
  3. Drain the pasta and peas into a colander and rinse with cold water.
  4. In a large bowl, mix together the pasta, peas, shredded carrot, shredded cheese and diced chicken. Pour the dressing over the top and stir it in. Taste for any additional seasoning you'd like to add.
  5. You can eat this immediately or you can chill in the fridge until you're ready.

If you have fresh-shelled peas on hand, use those instead of frozen peas. Cook pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water according to package instructions. Drain, rinse with cold water, and set aside to cool completely. While the pasta cooks, prepare the dressing by whisking together Creamy Italian salad dressing and mayonnaise. Whisk mayonnaise, sour cream, and evaporated milk in a large salad bowl until dressing is smooth and creamy; stir in seasoning mix until well blended.

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